We light the third advent candle – the curiously pink candle – for the shepherds and the quality of joy.…
Jeff MunroeDecember 12, 2011
It's pretty common to hear people, not least Protestants, talk about what they might give up for Lent. Some of…
The 12 EditorDecember 9, 2011
The mad rush to Christmas has begun. The signs are all around us: blaring Christmas carols, colorful blinking lights, trees…
The 12 EditorDecember 8, 2011
I didn’t believe in Santa Claus as a child, and I raised my own children without any focus or emphasis…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellDecember 6, 2011
As you'll note from my recent Perspectives article, "A Peculiar People," I've been thinking a lot about the dynamics of immigration…
James K.A SmithDecember 6, 2011
Occupy Boston was just a few weeks old when I trekked downtown to check out the encampment at Dewey Square.…
Jessica BrattDecember 5, 2011
I spent this first week of Advent thinking about idolatry. It started with a This American Life podcast on the…
Debra RienstraDecember 3, 2011
My wife, who's now retired and therefore been home more often these days than she's been in the 25 years we've…
James C. SchaapDecember 2, 2011
Recently I’ve been re-reading the novella by Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It. It has been nearly fifteen years…
Thomas GoodhartDecember 2, 2011
